Commentary on Part I: Are we connected to the Matrix machine? Cognition and experience figuring out what reality is

The Matrix film trilogy is an acute artistic reflection on the fuzzy limits between “real” and “virtual” realities, the nature of human feelings, and our struggle for freedom. As Salvatore and Venuleo’s Chapter 3 illustrates, it provides plenty of food for theoretical thought. In particular, I think it offers a good entry into questions about cognition and experience. In this paper I will argue that semiotics may offer an explanation of the development of different varieties of experience from which subjectivity can emerge.